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Aims and scope

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation considers manuscripts on all aspects of research that result from cross-fertilization of the fields of neuroscience, biomedical engineering, and physical medicine and rehabilitation. JNER provides a forum for researchers and clinicians interested in understanding the way neuroscience and biomedical engineering are continuing to reshape physical medicine and rehabilitation. JNER hosts the introduction of new methods and the discussion of their clinical implications, and offers an opportunity to publish, in a timely manner, articles relevant to the intersection of these three fields.

Open access

All articles published by Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers. Further information about open access can be found here.

As authors of articles published in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation you are the copyright holders of your article and have granted to any third party, in advance and in perpetuity, the right to use, reproduce or disseminate your article, according to the BioMed Central license agreement.

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Article-processing charges

Open access publishing is not without costs. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation therefore levies an article-processing charge of £1430.00/$2240.00/€1820.00 for each article accepted for publication, plus VAT or local taxes where applicable.

If the corresponding author's institution participates in our open access membership program, some or all of the publication cost may be covered (more details available on the membership page). We routinely waive charges for authors from low-income countries. For other countries, article-processing charge waivers or discounts are granted on a case-by-case basis to authors with insufficient funds. Authors can request a waiver or discount during the submission process. For further details, see our article-processing charge page.

BMC provides a free open access funding support service to help authors discover and apply for article processing charge funding. Visit our OA funding and policy support page to view our list of research funders and institutions that provide funding for APCs, and to learn more about our email support service.

Indexing services

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Peer-review policy

Peer-review is the system used to assess the quality of a manuscript before it is published. Independent researchers in the relevant research area assess submitted manuscripts for originality, validity and significance to help editors determine whether the manuscript should be published in their journal. You can read more about the peer-review process here.

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation operates a single-blind peer-review system, where the reviewers are aware of the names and affiliations of the authors, but the reviewer reports provided to authors are anonymous.

The benefit of single-blind peer review is that it is the traditional model of peer review that many reviewers are comfortable with, and it facilitates a dispassionate critique of a manuscript.

Manuscripts submitted to Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation will be evaluated initially by the Editor-in-Chief, and then assigned to an Associate Editor who is responsible for designating at least two reviewers in order to assess the scientific quality of the submitted material. The reviewers' comments will be considered by the Associate Editor and Editor-in-Chief and a final decision on publication will be made. They consider the quality of the manuscript from a scientific standpoint and its importance and significance in view of the scope of Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, namely to foster scientific contributions at the intersection of neuroscience, biomedical engineering, and physical medicine and rehabilitation. Manuscripts of particular relevance to this standpoint will be given prominence in the publication process.

Editorial policies

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Citing articles in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Articles in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation should be cited in the same way as articles in a traditional journal. Because articles are not printed, they do not have page numbers; instead, they are given a unique article number.

Appeals and complaints

If you wish to appeal a rejection or make a complaint you should, in the first instance, contact the Editor who will provide details of the journal's complaints procedure. For complaints that cannot be resolved with the Editor, the authors should contact the Publisher.

Why publish your article in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

High visibility

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation's open access policy allows maximum visibility of articles published in the journal as they are available to a wide, global audience.

Speed of publication

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation offers a fast publication schedule whilst maintaining rigorous peer review; all articles must be submitted online, and peer review is managed fully electronically (articles are distributed in PDF form, which is automatically generated from the submitted files). Articles will be published with their final citation after acceptance, in both fully browsable web form, and as a formatted PDF.

Flexibility

Online publication in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation gives you the opportunity to publish large datasets, large numbers of color illustrations and moving pictures, to display data in a form that can be read directly by other software packages so as to allow readers to manipulate the data for themselves, and to create all relevant links (for example, to PubMed, to sequence and other databases, and to other articles).

Promotion and press coverage

Articles published in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation are included in article alerts and regular email updates. Some may be highlighted on Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation’s pages and on the BioMed Central homepage.

In addition, articles published in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation may be promoted by press releases to the general or scientific press. These activities increase the exposure and number of accesses for articles published in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. A list of articles recently press-released by journals published by BioMed Central is available here.

Copyright

As an author of an article published in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation you retain the copyright of your article and you are free to reproduce and disseminate your work (for further details, see the BioMed Central license agreement).

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